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Washington State Patrol Trooper Guy Gill said the 44-year-old woman was out of her car helping other drivers that had spun out when she was struck and killed just after 5 a.m.

A trooper helping at the scene in the westbound lanes of the highway at Burnham Drive was also hit by another vehicle while outside of his patrol car. The trooper suffered a knee injury and was taken to a hospital to be checked out.

Several other people were injured in the multiple-vehicle crash, and officials said the westbound lanes of Highway 16 would be closed for several hours near the scene.

The name of the woman who was killed has not been released.

The crash was one of many collisions and spinouts that occurred throughout the Puget Sound area as drivers faced black ice on many roads and highways.

Officials urged drivers to be cautious, but with temperatures above freezing, ice on main roads should melt later in the morning.

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